[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Black "Pylant, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
{A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3
Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 {last book move} Bg4 (5... e6 $5 $11 {is interesting}) 6.
cxd5 $16 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxf3 (8... Bd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. O-O $16) 9. gxf3
Qb6 10. d5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne5 12. f4 Nd7 13. c4 g6 14. Bb2 {White threatens to
win material: Bb2xh8} Rg8 15. Bg2 a6 16. Ke2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. h4 h5 19.
Bh3 f5 (19... Kd8 $5 $16) 20. Rhg1 $18 Kf7 21. e4 $1 {Deflection: f5} Rag8 (
21... fxe4 22. Bxd7 {Pinning} (22. Bxd7 {Deflection})) 22. Rg5 Nf8 (22... Nf6
23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 $18) 23. exf5 Kf6 24. Ra5 Nh7 25. Rxc5 Rb8 (25... Nxg5 {
there is nothing else anyway} 26. hxg5+ Kf7 $18) 26. Rxg6+ (26. Rc7 {and White
can already relax} a5 $18) 26... Rxg6 27. fxg6 Kxg6 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Nf6 (
29... b6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 30. Bxa6 Kf6 31. Bb5 $18) 30. Bxb7
a5 31. Ke3 Nd7 (31... Kf7 {does not help much} 32. Bc8 $18) 32. Kd4 Kf6 (32...
Nf6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 33. Bc8 $18) 33. Bc6 (33.
c5 Nxc5 34. Kxc5 Kg7 35. Bc8 Kf7 36. Kb6 e5 37. fxe5 Kf8 38. d6 Ke8 39. d7+ Kf7
40. d8=Q Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Be6+ Kh8 43. Qf7 a4 44. Qg8#) 33... e5+ (33...
Nb6 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 34. dxe6 $1 {the end of the story}
Kxe6 35. Bxd7+ (35. Bxd7+ Kf6 36. f5 Kf7 37. c5 Kf6 38. c6 Kg7 39. c7 a4 40.
Be6 axb3 41. c8=Q b2 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qg5#) 1-0